Progress in the effective realisation of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, reduction of poverty and increase in the quality of life of its population.
Significant progress has been made in all programs under implementation throughout 2022. In the Sololá area, the RU K’UX YA’ Program (GTM-015-B), focused on improving health and reducing the incidence of acute diarrheal diseases, is achieving very positive results: 61 water and sanitation systems have been implemented in health centers and posts and primary schools; the financial management of the systems has been influenced through the development of Municipal Revenue Collection Plans (PMRI’s), water and sanitation regulations and awareness campaigns; and micro-meters have been installed to improve revenue control of the water systems. In addition, work has been done to train different actors related to water and sanitation, and the Santa Lucía Utatlán Water Laboratory has been created.
Closely related to this program, in March 2022, the Institutional and Technical Strengthening Program for the provision of drinking water and sanitation services to improve resilience in communities of Sololá (GTM-017-B) was launched in the presence of the director of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), Antón Leis, and other personalities. This initiative seeks to strengthen the municipality’s prevention and response capacities for water and sanitation systems in the face of emergencies, fostering community resilience. The program, which Acción contra el Hambre is implementing, has funding of €700,000 and works along three lines:
This program is aligned with the RU K’UX YA’s strategy and the commitment to make sustainability and gender mainstreaming with cultural relevance viable to strengthen all its actions.
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El pasado mes de junio tuvo lugar la puesta en marcha de las obras de mejora para la prestación de agua potable y saneamiento en el casco urbano de Sololá, en Guatemala, en el marco del Programa de Fortalecimiento Institucional y Técnico para la prestación de servicios de agua potable y Saneamiento para mejorar la resiliencia en Comunidades del Municipio de Sololá.
En el Marco del Convenio de Cooperación Interinstitucional que la AMSCLAE sostiene con el Programa Ruk’u’x Ya’, se imparte un taller de capacitación dirigido a inspectores de saneamiento ambiental y técnicos en salud rural de la Dirección del Área de Salud, que laboran en los 19 municipios del departamento de Sololá.
La semana del 7 al 12 de marzo, el Director de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), Antón Leis, realizó un viaje de trabajo a Honduras y Guatemala donde, entre otras actividades, visitó algunos de los programas de Agua y Saneamiento puestos en marcha por el Fondo del Agua en estos países.
